Civic EG

Is there a DIY to turn the switches (cruise control, defroster) to light up amber or a different color? I made my gauge cluster light up amber/red. So i want them to match.

If there is not i think i figured out a way to do it for real cheap, maybe even free.!!

*** DIY: Amber(or any color) Switches***


Materials:

Translucent plastic.
If you are Mexican like me this mod should be free. LOL
Go to your Grocery store and buy a pack of tortillas or carrots
depends on your color of choice.
Some of the light bulbs in your switch may be bad, so you can replace them from your Honda Dealer. about $3.50 Each




First remove the switches from your car, should be pretty easy.



Then pop off the cover. there are 4 tabs that need to be pulled up. not hard.



Cut out a piece of the colored plastic.



Then put the piece on the switch like this.



then snap the top of the switch back on. make sure your piece covers the whole part.



Then just install in your car and you are done. I just realized that you can do this for your clock also!!!

I will post up a picture of final results tomorrow since my car battery is dead. LOL!

So basically its just a film you can use any color plastic I suppose like blue or whatever. pretty cool I wonder how long it will last... your Jdm is MDM lol

Yup.

Here is a crappy picture of it installed.

http://www.superbrightleds.com/instrument.html

i have my sedan done in blue, and my hatch is going to be all amber if any one needs sample pics just ask.

Apexracing wrote:http://www.superbrightleds.com/instrument.html

i have my sedan done in blue, and my hatch is going to be all amber if any one needs sample pics just ask.

Those are pretty sweet, never seen those before!! Thanks!!

get the brighter leds for the best results.

I was on that site just the other day.my friend has an altima coupe (08) and swapped all of the lights to leds

great writeup

http://www.emotors.ca/Articles/116.aspx

dawg316 wrote:great writeup

http://www.emotors.ca/Articles/116.aspx

I did that with my gauge cluster, came out pretty nice.

Apexracing wrote:get the brighter leds for the best resultsd.

did you use all #74 bulbs? it appears both the other writeups require 5 #24 and three #74...just curious because i cant find any LED #24s off that website


thanks

For the gauges i used LED bulbs.
For the switchs and clock i used the red part of 3D glasses.
I tried the red plastic,but the colour isnt bright enough.

laugh if you like guys but an orange tictac case is by far the best way you can cut a square and pop it in the switch cover(the one you unclip(4 clips))